Friday, April 6, 2012

Pray Always.

When you grow up in Idaho Falls, you are placed in two categories: LDS, or not LDS. And if you're not part of the church, you're most likely against it. That is how I was up until recently. I love my family and I love how I was raised: my parents did a wonderful job. But over the past six months, I have began to do my own searching.

I have always believed in God, and believed that Jesus Christ is my savior. Yet, in the Fall, I felt so distant from them. I continued to attend the same church that I had the previous year, but I didn't feel anything. I didn't get any sort of spiritual feelings or have any spiritual experiences. I simply felt empty. So I stopped attending church.

When my missionary friend sent me a copy of the Book of Mormon a few months later, I was so hurt. I wondered what type of friend he was, because he knew that I didn't want that. So I didn't write him back for a few months... Then i began my own quest for something more.

While in IF during Christmas break, I occasionally flipped on the BYU channel and watched some talks and thought that they were really good. But that was all. I got back to Boise, and read a little in the Book of Mormon... I then prayed to God and asked that he show me the way. And asked if he would open my heart and let me know if this church was something that I needed to look into. As soon as I was done praying, I got a text from my friend Cassie. She said "Not in a weird way, but at church today I couldn't stop thinking about you and how you would love this. You should come with me sometime." So I did.

I have loved learning about this church. And I have seen my relationship with God grow stronger. I pray many times a day asking for guidance and for truth, and I know that God is answering my prayers, and I can feel it.

Until Next Time.

2 comments:

  1. All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary - Sally Ride.

    =)

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  2. That's such a great story :) I've told it to all my roommates , I hope you don't mind :) I love hearing how the spirit can work on multiple people to answer one person's prayers. It'll be fun for you to see that more and more as time goes on. The answers won't always be as strong and as quick but prayers are always answered. Tell your as much as you can. Its good to hear that a simple thing like a text can change a life. Congrats again (sorry i've been facebook and blog stalking you :))

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